crane and phesant hunting in west texas

billwu

yesterday was a fun day.  limited out sandhill crane in 45 minutes, 14 pheasant in afternoon.

billwu

pictures

Demosthenes

赞第三张。。。

thurder

lovely!

dengdengdeng

利害。
带的什么狗？

billwu

guide's dog.  1 dog for crane hunting, 4 dogs for pheasant. another 3 new dogs rotated for 2nd round pheasant line up chase.  much fun.

txfigaro

在哪里，可介绍一下地点和outfitter吗?

davidd

Qingshi

过瘾，大赞！

德州野鸡的Limit是几只？ 另外射击时有什么窍门吗？

louisy

赞......不过LZ看着比我爸还老....

scharfschutze

赞

happyfrog

赞！厉害

wildcat

大叔太阳光了

billwu

txfigaro 发表于 2014-11-2 13:08
在哪里，可介绍一下地点和outfitter吗?

west texas, , panhandle outfitter, about 5 hours from Plano,

billwu

louisy 发表于 2014-11-2 18:03
赞......不过LZ看着比我爸还老....

our time is limited so enjoy while we still can.  you young gun sure have better time than our old fart.

billwu

Qingshi 发表于 2014-11-2 16:00
过瘾，大赞！

德州野鸡的Limit是几只？ 另外射击时有什么窍门吗？

3 rooster, but our day is special day so we can shoot hen, we 4 did get 2 hen and 12 rooster. one (not in the 12 rooster) lost. one large crow overhead got shot too, about 70 yard at 10 o'clock, flying for another 20 second after firing 3 shots, than drop dead. dog reached the crow, check and did not pick up.

use 3.5 and 3 inch #5 or 6, prefer copper or nickel plated, better than black lead in meat or in cooked meal. more kick and more pellets.

rooster jump and fly faster than crane or geese.  semi is much better than pump for everyday Joe. you have fired 3 from semi-auto while pump is ready to fire the 2nd shell.  also with semi you are easy to re-aim while pump is slow in re-aim.  seems pump re-aim only take split second, but it is LOOOONG TIME since bird fly fast. a split second for bird can cover several yards which is ultra important: this means you shoot the bird at 30 yards or at 35 yard or at 40 yard.  for shotgun, 5 yard difference at 40 yard range is HUGE DISTANCE.   I think this is the key since rooster fly fast out of shoot range.  same principle or logic apply to duck and geese.

2 cents

Qingshi

billwu 发表于 2014-11-3 11:07
3 rooster, but our day is special day so we can shoot hen, we 4 did get 2 hen and 12 rooster. one  ...

Thanks for the tips.

I used 3 inch #6 copper plated shells and a simi-auto. Last year I went out for Pheasant hunt and got 3.   But I missed 1 big rooster .    He was about 15 yards away  and flying away from me.   I am a relatively "good" Trap shooter and normally can hit  targets 90%-95% of the time.   Can't  believe that  I missed that one and still do not understand why.  Maybe I should shoot straight at it instead of aiming the lower corner as I usually do in Trap shooting.

billwu

scharfschutze 发表于 2014-11-2 18:06
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like to go your place for black bear hunting next year.

louisy

billwu 发表于 2014-11-3 07:50
our time is limited so enjoy while we still can.  you young gun sure have better time than our old ...

billwu

Qingshi 发表于 2014-11-3 09:18
Thanks for the tips.

I used 3 inch #5 copper plated shells and a simi-auto. Last year I went out  ...

shoot straight at its ass when rooster direct away from you if within 30 yard.  do not do lower corner that you know the clay will drop while rooster may flat straight away or a little "high" away.  but some rooster is just luck and can survive 3 shots at it.